losing/winning record

noun

: past performance characterized by losing/winning most games, contests, etc.
The team had a losing/winning record last season.

Examples of losing/winning record in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Advertisement At 12-11, the Mojo have a winning record for the first time all season. Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2024 The Lights have never made the playoffs — or even finished with a winning record — in six previous seasons and are 3-6-0 after Saturday’s 2-1 loss to New Mexico United, leaving them ninth in the USL Championship’s 12-team Western Conference table. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024 The owners credit Seattle’s midsize market, strong college basketball program, and the team’s past winning record. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 May 2024 Women’s basketball also posted a losing record at 11-19. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2024 The Heat is one of only two teams with a bottom-10 offensive rating that also holds a winning record this season, along with the Orlando Magic. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024 Such a reaction would have seemed foreign during the charmed 2022-23 season, when fans basked in the unexpected glow of the startup Kings’ first winning record in 16 years. Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 14 Apr. 2024 The Heat is the only team in that bottom five with a winning record this season. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024 The team remained competitive for a while — winning the American League West Division five times in Moreno’s first seven years as owner, and again in 2014 — but hasn’t made the playoffs since 2014 and hasn’t finished with a winning record since 2015. Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024

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“Losing/winning record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/losing%2Fwinning%20record. Accessed 15 May. 2024.

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